Bard has to prove materials are not hazardous before they go to the landfill or down the drain

How to recycle if you live off campus

What to do if you have a special event

The Flow of Materials

Regardless of where an item was purchased or how it found its way onto campus, it makes its way into our bins. From there, our Environmental Services staff empy these bins and move the bags to the curb. Next, two members of the Buildings and Grounds staff take the bags to our recycle yard where work-study students help sortt bags into our roll-off containers. The waste is sorted into: cardboard, landfill, metal, and single stream recyclables. Once sorted, Royal Carting takes cardboard to the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency. Landfill waste is transferred to Columbia County, then trucked 250 miles to Ontario County Landfill. Metal gets recycled at Millens, and then single stream recycling goes to the ReCommunity in Beacon, NY.

Recycling

Bard recycles all types of paper; glass, metal, and plastic containers; electronics; and more. Click below for instructions and downloads.